Whsp-stock



(No Model.)

B. F. NICHOLS.

WHIP STOCK.

Patented Feb. 16, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFEicE.

BENJAMIN F. NICHOLS, OF BROOKLINE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ED WARD E. ALLEN, OF VATERTOVN, MASSACHUSETTS.

W H l P- STO C K SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 336,255, dated February .16, 1886. Application filed December?, i885. Serial No. 184,901. (No model.)

.To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be ir k ncwn that I, BENJAMIN F. NICHOLS, a citixcn of the United States, residing at Brookline, in the county of Norfolk and State of liIassarhuscits, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the manufacture of Vhip-Stocks; and I do hereby declare the followingl to bca full, clear, and exact description of the invention. such as will enable othlV ers skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

flhis in veniion relates especial ly to the nianu- A iactureof whipstocks, cutis equally applicable in the construction of ishingrodjoints, more especially the tips, or other similar articles iu which strength and flexibility are essential elements.

lilyimprovements consist in such combinaytion and arrangement ofthe component parts forming the whip-stock or other article that the iiexibility of the same may be varied as desired; and, furtherniorathis resultis accomplished without reducing thesize or diameter, as is generally done to increase this quality in an article of the class before premised. This desired flexibility I propose to secure by employing strips or strands of material suitable for the purpose, which shall vary in ilexibility, such strands to be tapered or otherwise, and disposed 'alternately with respect to their flexibility'. Thus, inthe combination ot' bamboo and rattan, as I propose to arrange them when the two are employed together, I obtain the strength of the bamboo, While its stiffness is modified by the extreme flexibility of the rattan with which it is united; hence this arrangement is especially adapted to the manufacture ot' whip-stocks, or to the individual parts or joints of a fishing-rod, more especially the tips. I propose to Constr-.ict such articles or their component parts of a series of longitudinally but concentrically disposed strips united together by glue or other adhesive compound. These strips are to be tapering or not, as is desired, and are made freni diii'erent varieties or' tough elastic Woodsor analogous materials having the requisite lightness and strength.

The drawings accompanying this specification, represent, in Figure l, an elevation of a portion ot'a whip-stock embodying my invention, while Figs. 2 and 3 are transverse sections ofthe concentric strands composing the same. Fig. 4 is a similar section in which three series of strands compose the article, each series differing from thc others in flexibility.

ln such drawings the whipstock as au en` tirety, is shown at A composed of a number of continuons tapered strands or strips, u b, &c., arranged longitudinally of and concentrically with respect to cach other, and extending the length ofthe stock. Such strands are to he composed of different varieties of wood or other suitable material, which shall vary in tlexibility and elasticity. In the present case (sec Figs. l, 2, and 3 I will assume that the strands marked c a are composed of bamboo, and the others, b b, of rattan. Now,both are essentially tough and elastic; but the rattan is very much more ileXihle. Consequently, by varying the number ofthe rattau strands, the flexibility of the whip-stock, or other siniilarly-constructed article, as an entirety, is easily regulated, while the size or diameter remains the same. This is a very desirable feature; hence au article or elastic joint as constructed iu Fig. 2 will have considerably more tlexibility than that shown in Fig. 3.

It will be readily understood that other varieties of wood or analogous materials combiningstrength and lightness may be united with equally good results, and many advantages accrue from such construction. Thus, in the case of whipstocks, especially those adapted for lash-tops,7 so-called, have been hitherto made of but one piece, and have little or no strength or elasticity.

I do not desire to be limited to the combina tion of only two kinds of strands varying in flexibility, sincethe whip-stock or other article (see Fig. 4) may be composed of three or more series of individual strands, aaa, b b b, c c c. Each of such series ditt'ers from the other in tlexibility. lt is not absolutely necessary to ,have thecomponentstrips form an article solid ip cross-section, sincesuch parts may be truncated prisms, and form a hollow1 and consequently much lighter article. u

A whip-stock couslructed as I herein propose may be made very ornamental by the natural or articial coloring,- of the several strands composing` it, and,.in case itis desired, such stock may he covered or wound with some ibrousmaterial or braiding, which is then varnished.

As regards the construction of whips, this method is equally welladaptedlo1'bowtop Whips, so called, in which ease I should prefer to make the strands continuous the entire length of the whip, which may, then be finished or wound with braiding. An alterna tive construction would be to make them after the fashion of jointed fishing-rods, but with this difference, that the more llexible component parts should predominatein order to obtain the requisite flexibility.

In` the manufacture of fishing-rods, this method ot altermltingr strips of varyinglr llexibility is equally advantageous, and applies to the individual joints composing the same, particularly the tips. since generally increased tlexihility is attended by reduction in -diameter. By my method the flexibility may be varied without such reduction in size.

I claim- An elastic whip stock or other analogous article composed ofa serif-s of longtluliuallydisposed concentric strands of wood of dlici eut kinds and varying` degrees ot' elasticity, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

ln testimony whereof' l affix my signature in presence ot two witnesses.

H. E. Lonen' E. K. loYN'roN 

